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Readers’ Pick: Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself

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Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (cover art)

You picked Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself as your favorite new release for the week of October 24, 2025.

Poll Results

What is your favorite new release for week of October 24?

  • Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (23%, 9 Votes)
  • Tony Joe White – The Real Thang (15%, 6 Votes)
  • Dion – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher (Keeping the Blues Alive) (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Joshua Hedley – All Hat (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Jim Keller – End of the World (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Ezra Bell – Chin Chin (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Bahamas – My Second Last Album (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Joelton Mayfield – Crowdpleaser (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Jesca Hoop – Selective Memory (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ed Dupas – Codename California (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Amadou & Miriam – L’amour à la folie (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Pairs – Together on a Rock (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jonny Fritz – Debbie Downer (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sam Burchfield – Nature Speaks (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Damn Tall Buildings – The Universe Is Hungry (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Dave Keyes – Two Trains (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jason Sinay – The Mountain (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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New Releases

What is your favorite new release for week of June 12?

  • Fruit Bats – The Landfill (23%, 9 Votes)
  • Bandits on the Run – Rough Magic (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Duane Betts – Isle of Hope (13%, 5 Votes)
  • Bob Wagner – I’ve Been Down (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Sam Morrow – Southern Boogie (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Tommy Goodroad – Goddammit (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Courtney Hartman – With You: From the Garden Shed (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Ryan Adams – The Suicide Handbook (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Pharis & Jason Romero – These Are The Days That Turn In To Years (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Funkwrench Blues – THIS IS THE ONE! (raison d’être) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Alex Amen – Sun of Amen (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Breakfield – Breakfield (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Goose – BIG MODERN! (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Keith Urban – flow state (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Ismay – Half Truth (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Molly Brandt – Museum of Being (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Dawn Landes – Catch a Little Sun (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 39

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Readers’ Tops Fall 2025

  1. Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love (14 Votes)
  2. Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night (11)
  3. Gurf Morlix – Bristlecone (10)
  4. Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (9)
  5. Luther Dickinson – Dead Blues Vol. 1 (8)
  6. Caitlin Canty – Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove (8)
  7. Todd Snider – HIGH, LONESOME AND THEN SOME (7)
  8. Tony Joe White – The Real Thang (6)
  9. Ward Hayden and the Outliers – Piece By Piece (6)
  10. John Gorka – unentitled (6)
  11. Dion – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher (Keeping the Blues Alive) (5)
  12. Joshua Hedley – All Hat (5)
  13. Jim Keller – End of the World (5)
  14. The Barr Brothers – Let It Hiss (5)
  15. Paul Burch – Cry Love (5)
  16. Maygen & The Birdwatcher – The Americana Dream (5)
  17. Nicki Bluhm – Rancho Deluxe (5)
  18. Joshua Ray Walker – Stuff (4)
  19. The Autumn Defense – Here and Nowhere (4)
  20. Ezra Bell – Chin Chin (3)
  21. William Prince – Further from the Country (3)
  22. Ruen Brothers – Awooo (3)
  23. AJ Lee & Blue Summit – Cover to Cover V1 (3)
  24. Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (3)
  25. Robert Finley – Hallelujah! Don’t Let the Devil Fool Ya (3)
  26. Colby Acuff – Enjoy The Ride (3)

Keep them coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks! Also, check out our weekly Twangville 360 playlist.

About the author:  Gainesville, FL area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.